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Ringfort - rath

Ballinahinch Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinahinch Upper, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinahinch Upper
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.08215, -6.16086
SMR number
WI012-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope 13m SE of site (WI012-038----). Circular, partly levelled, bivallate ringfort (diam. 33m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.3m). Outside these are a berm (Wth 4-5m), an outer bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2-0.3m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.2m) (max. ext. dimensions 65m NW-SE; 60m NE-SW). The outer bank and fosse do not survive at the W. The entrance to the inner enclosure at the SE is marked by a single visible terminal in the bank and a corresponding causeway (Wth 2m) across the fosse. The entrance to the outer enclosure is at the S and is also marked by a causeway across the fosse (Wth 2.5m). The NE sector of the site is crossed by a field boundary and a small stream (the latter appears formerly to have followed a course further to the NE, possibly along the outer fosse).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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